Police nab suspect who stripped on the run

Jackson Wang reports that Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies caught a fleeing suspect who removed his clothes during the chase.

Here’s what happened:

Deputies responded to an apparent attempted stabbing on Tuesday at a store on Route 30 in Amsterdam. The sheriff’s department received several calls around 12:26 p.m. about a dispute that had escalated.
Juan Carlos Rivera, 46, of 5 McClellan Ave. was arrested and charged with first-degree menacing and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the sheriff’s department.
When police arrived at the business, which they would only identify as a store, Rivera had fled on foot. He attempted to escape police by discarding his clothes, but was arrested a short time later without resistance.
Rivera and the victim were both customers at the business when the incident took place. According to Investigator Brad Schaffer, Rivera had an unresolved dispute with the other person. When the two ran into each other, Rivera pulled the knife on the victim and chased him around the store, according to video surveillance from the store.
The other person was injured.
Rivera has had prior convictions, including menacing, Schaffer said. He is in the Montgomery County jail on $5,000 bail.

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